PETOSKEY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Public Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the City of Petoskey Zoning Board of Appeals scheduled for 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 7, 2017, has been cancelled due to a lack of agenda items. The next regular meeting is scheduled for 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

The 2017 Winter Carnival will take place over President's Day Weekend, Friday, February 17 through Sunday, February 19. Ice sculptures will be displayed on downtown sidewalks and in Pennsylvania Park. The Winter Carnival will celebrate its 89th year in 2017. Please visit www.petoskeydowntown.com for activities and schedule of events.

The City of Petoskey provides city-wide sidewalk snowblowing through a contracted service with supplemental assistance as needed by City staff.

The contractor is responsible for snow removal on approximately 50 miles of sidewalks throughout the City which is accomplished with the use of three sidewalk snow removal units. Removal from a snowfall of 3-5 inches takes approximately 12 to 18 hours to complete for each snow removal unit.

The strategy used to plow sidewalks depends on the interaction of several factors:

Time snowfall began;

Duration of snowfall;

Type of snow – light/dry or wet/heavy;

Temperature before and after snowfall;

High winds – drifting;

Snow accumulation; and

Available equipment – breakdowns.

If snow falls over a long period of time, residents are asked to be patient. Crews will complete the job, but it may take two to three days depending on weather conditions.

Annual winter-season, on-street parking regulations take effect Thursday, December 1, and will be in place through April 1, that again will require parked vehicles to be altered daily from one street side to the other, between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M., with parking permitted on odd-address sides on odd-numbered dates (beginning at 12:00 Midnight) and on even-address sides on even-numbered dates. On-street parking will be prohibited within the Central Business District from 3:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M., daily.

Parking is not permitted on curb lawns or in unimproved front-yard areas, and vehicles cannot obstruct sidewalks, nor can vehicles be parked to straddle curbs or in areas where curbs must be mounted to park vehicles. Department of Public Safety personnel have begun placing notices on vehicles that are parked along streets throughout the City advising drivers of the seasonal regulations that will take effect December 1. Signs also will be placed at the City's corporate limits and along streets that border the downtown area.